Looks like CP3 has fully bought into this Warriors team by coming off the bench (played 30 minutes). It’ll be much easier for him to score against opposing benches compared to starting lineups. Curious to see what his minutes look like once the team is fully healthy.

    • kiwiwikikiwiwikikiwi@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Yeah it’s tough because you gotta give him time to get back to his season form.

      But other part of me accepts that this is who he is going forward. A decline with flashes of his former self.

      • rpars18@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Yeah you’re probably right. He looks a step slower than he used to (TBF it’ll probably happen when you tear your Achilles and ACL).

        As long as Wiggins doesn’t miss time again I think it’ll help Klay focus more on offense

    • johnnyramonsanchez@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Klay was like 19% for the first couple weeks a few years back and then went for 37 in a quarter. He struggled a lot early last year and went on a tear leading the league in 3s at 41%. I used to hate the variance as a warriors fan, but I’ve realized I’m very spoiled having the 2 greatest shooters of all time. Plus pooles variance was a lot more infuriating, so klays is far more tolerable

  • Imthegoat175@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Still good but his unselfishness and reluctancy to look for his shot at times last year would be annoying

    • tmperflare@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I kinda been noticing that in the preseason games too but he started being more aggressive in the clutch. Was he always like this on the Suns?

      • IntraspaceAlien@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        it became a lot more noticeable last year.

        part of that was that our style of play changed a lot once we got KD which put him in a position he wasn’t as comfortable in - he is a very reluctant catch and shoot guy. when he’s running the PnR and getting to take his midrange pullups going right he’s more aggressive, but even on those he was looking for it less last year and his percentage on midrange jumpers dropped kind of sharply. was still good at them, in previous seasons it had pretty much been a layup though and it was just less automatic.

      • Imthegoat175@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        I think he can get away with it more with GS than he did here since when he needed to be more aggressive while playing off Book and Mikal still wasn’t comfortable consistently creating off the dribble yet when he was on the Suns but yeah he would mostly save his energy to take over in the 4th.

      • Buckus93@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        I mean, he was always trying to get the other players a shot. But there was that time he closed out the Clippers to get to the Finals by scoring 27 points from about halfway through the third quarter until he got taken out with 2 minutes left. That was EPIC.

  • rpars18@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I like the idea of the CP3 and Kuminga pairing off the bench. I don’t like the idea of Steph and CP3 in the backcourt for long stretches because it’s gonna lead to mismatches defensively

    • pkeller001@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Feel like the Kings didn’t do the best identifying the mismatches tonight. If Steph is guarding Keegan we need to have Keegan post him up, he showed he has that mid range fadeaway tonight, that’s a perfect place to use it

      • draymond-@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        It’s really not that simple tbh.

        Keegan’s drive game from the post still looks a little raw. If he’s taking contested midrange jumpers from the post, Warriors will be very happy.

        And if Warriors throw a double at him his playmaking isn’t good enough for the play to still be a good one.

        Same reason why Kerr doesn’t post up Kuminga all that frequently

    • CumAssault@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Yeah he’s still got it offensively but defensively CP3 is washed. Off the bench he’ll be incredible on offense and running the team. Just can’t expect him to be the defender he used to be anymore

      • SomeRandom928Person@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Just can’t expect him to be the defender he used to be anymore

        His hands are still as fast as they ever were, so he’ll still get his steals. But the rest of his D is just gone now. he just doesn’t have the foot speed anymore to stay in front of anyone like he used to be able to. Any CP3/Curry minutes together might be rough at times for that D imo.

    • everyoneneedsaherro@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      If I’m Kerr Steph plays 33 minutes a night. CP3 plays 28.

      CP3/Steph overlap for 13 minutes

      Steph gets 20 minutes alone

      CP3 gets 15 minutes alone

  • Pormock@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    He does not even need to score ton of points. He can be the one passing the balls during non Curry/Green time and that would be enough. Him and Kuminga are gonna terrorize the league this year

  • HotspurJr@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    “Easier to score against benches” - I don’t know how much that’s a thing since it’s not like people do hockey subs.

    CP has always been an excellent scorer. I suspect he’ll continue to be one as long as he’s in the league.

    • SmokyOtter@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      eric gordon and grayson allen are both microwave scorers off the bench for the suns theyll both get heavy minutes all year and should score a ton, they both have a shot at 6moy too